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Everyday
Practice of Science was selected as a finalist for
the 2010
Royal Society Prize for Science Books. Royal Society TV presents a podcast of book readings and discussion at the Prize for Science Books awards ceremony. Philosophy of Science and Bioethics My research program consists of cross-disciplinary studies at the boundary between science and philosophy, attempting to articulate what doing science entails with the goal of informing science policy decisions and advancing science education and public understanding of science. The philosophical approach that I use involves exploring the assumptions and challenges implicit in practice. Oxford University Press recently (2009)
published my new book Everyday Practice
of Science: Where Intuition and Passion meet Objectivity and Logic.
Everyday Practice begins with the premise that although scientific
facts can be so complicated that only specialists in a field will
fully appreciate the details, the nature of everyday practice that
gives rise to these facts should be understandable by everyone interested
in science. My book describes how scientists bring their own interests
and passions to their work, illustrates the dynamics between researchers
and the research community, and emphasizes a contextual understanding
of science in place of the linear model found in textbooks with
its singular focus on "scientific method." Everyday Practice
of Science also introduces readers to issues about science and society.
Practice requires value judgments: What should be done? Who should
do it? Who should pay for it? How much? Balancing scientific opportunities
with societal needs depends on appreciating both the promises and
the ambiguities of science. Understanding practice informs discussions
about how to manage research integrity, conflict of interest, and
the challenge of modern genetics to human research ethics. Society
cannot have the benefits of research without the risks. Finally,
the last chapter contrasts the practices of science and religion
as reflective of two different types of faith and describes a holistic
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Review
by Alice Kim at Science and Consciousness Blog Review by John Kwok at Amazon.Com Lab
Bench Ethics (podcast): Science Progress hosts interview
between Jonathan Moreno and Fred Grinnell Review
by Chris Lee at ArsTechnica Blog Review (in Italian) by Domenico Lombardini at Amazon.Com Review (in
French) by Marie-Jo Thiel at Le Centre européen d'enseignement
et de recherche en éthique (CEERE) Review
by Ruth Francis at Nature.com Review by Tim Radford at The Guardian Review by Kerry Taylor Smith at Laboratory News Review by Juljan Krause at Science as Culture Review
by José Vázquez at CBE Life Sciences Education |
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Oxford University Press Blog (2009): Science and Conflict of Interest Oxford University Press Blog (2009): How to Support Graduate Education in the Sciences Oxford
University Press Blog (2009): Redefining Death -- Again |
Grinnell,
F. (2009) Intelligible Design or Intelligent Design? It’s
a Matter of Faith. Chronicle of Higher Education. 55(18): B5 Grinnell, F. (2011) The Evolution of Credibility The-Scientist. 25:76.
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Grinnell, F. (1983) Studies on intersubjectivity: A comparison of Martin Buber and Alfred Schutz. Human Studies 6: 185-195. Grinnell, F. (1986) Complementarity: An approach to understanding the relationship between science and religion. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 29: 292-301. Grinnell, F. (1990) The endings of clinical research protocols: Understanding the difference between therapy and research. IRB. 12: 1-4 Grinnell,
F. (2000) The practice of science at the edge of knowledge. Chronicle
of Higher Education. 46(29):B11-12 |
